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sapphirestorm
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Jan 06, 2016
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Parental control not working

Hi I have been using OpenDNS only as Parental controls in Netgear Genie app have never worked. I would prefer to use Netgear genie so i have removed my network from the OpenDNS and I am trying to ge...
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    DexterJB
    Feb 13, 2017

    Hi Hebby,

     

    Those options are the different operating modes of the router and each can be used depending on the setup of your network. If you do not have another router setup then the router mode should be the correct option.

     

    Regards,

     

    Dexter

    Community Team

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Hebby
Aspirant
Feb 08, 2017

Just interested in asking.. I have the choice of unticking AP mode and selecting either router, Bridge or repeating mode... which should it be? I chose router mode and seems to work, ie it  is now filtering websites, but not sure what the diff modes mean

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DexterJB
NETGEAR Moderator
Feb 13, 2017

Hi Hebby,

 

Those options are the different operating modes of the router and each can be used depending on the setup of your network. If you do not have another router setup then the router mode should be the correct option.

 

Regards,

 

Dexter

Community Team